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Media Watch (Feb. 28 - March 7, 2005)
Posted 3/8/2005
"Media Watch" is a round-up of recent stories in the media about the University of Hartford, as well as significant stories about other local and peer institutions and news about trends and issues in higher education.
The Micro Business Incubator program, in which Barney School of Business students work with small business owners in Upper Albany, is featured in a story in Small Biz, a national, quarterly publication of BusinessWeek magazine. The article, headlined “Campus Can-Do,” leads with a description of how the program is helping Vivian Akuoko, owner of Evay Salon and Day Spa on Albany Avenue, and includes a photo of Akuoko with student Sylvia Moryl. (Small Biz, Spring 2005 issue)
Reaction to the potential penalties facing college athletic programs that don’t meet the NCAA’s new academic standards, which will take effect next year, continued to pour in as University of Hartford President Walter Harrison, chairman of the NCAA Committee on Academic Performance, did numerous media interviews responding to those reactions. “We in college athletics have a black eye,” Harrison told Hartford Courant columnist Jeff Jacobs. “Thirty percent of football teams, 25 percent of baseball and 19 [percent] of men’s basketball would have received penalties this year. That’s a function of colleges not serving hundreds of students well academically. That’s what this reform movement is trying to correct.” (Christian Science Monitor, March 7; Philadelphia Inquirer, March 5; New England Cable News, March 4; Hartford Courant, March 5)
Peter Harvey, who was associate professor of music at Hartford College for Women and founder and director of the Connecticut Women’s Chorale, died on March 6. He was a tenor, conductor, composer, educator and performer who enthralled audiences with his holiday shows, as well as his Irish and Italian music, playful opera spoofs and the songs of World War II. (Hartford Courant, March 7)
University of Hartford Regent Millard Pryor was described by the Hartford Courant as “an unassuming, self-made businessman who became one of the most dynamic and influential philanthropists the city of Hartford has ever known,” in its coverage of his passing on March 1. Pryor, who was 71, died at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center of complications from hip surgery that he had last fall. (Hartford Courant, March 2)
Julie Melanson, 19, a sophomore majoring in special needs and elementary education, and Sierra Kessler, 20, who will graduate from the Farmington Valley Transitional Academy, met through Best Buddies Connecticut, a statewide program that matches volunteers with people who have intellectual disabilities. At the University of Hartford Sunday, the women were recognized at a celebration of the program when they were awarded the prize for best college-age buddies. (Hartford Courant, March 7)
A review of the recent concert by the Miami String Quartet, the quartet-in-residence at The Hartt School, noted that there are strong reasons to embrace this group, which is relatively new to the Hartford scene. “Falling In Love” Hartt’s New Quartet In Residence Proving Irresistible,” said the review’s headline. (Hartford Courant, March 5)
Donald Ellis, professor of communication in the College of Arts and Sciences and currently a Fulbright Scholar at Tel Aviv University in Israel, wrote an opinion article that argued that resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not the only key to peace in the Middle East. (Hartford Courant, March 1)
The outlook for construction and development in the southwestern corner of Connecticut was the subject of a panel discussion presented by the Construction Institute at the University of Hartford. Panelists’ remarks on the future of Bridgeport were reported in the Connecticut Post. (Connecticut Post, March 5)
A concert on March 12 to raise money for the Hartt Community Division’s Fund for Access has received some advance media attention, including a feature story in the Waterbury Republican-American and interviews by Michael Yaffe, Hartt School executive director, on Beethoven Radio and WDRC-AM. He was also on Janet Peckinpaugh’s morning news show on NBC 30. Yaffe is scheduled to be on WTIC-AM’s morning show with Ray Dunaway and Diane Smith on March 10. (WDRC-AM, March 3; Waterbury Republican-American, March 6; NBC 30, March 7)
The University of Hartford ranked seventh among all colleges and universities in Connecticut in terms of charitable contributions received in 2004, according to the Council for Aid to Education, a unit of the RAND Corporation. (Associated Press, March 2)
Students at the University of Hartford and the University of Connecticut are testing “Doitoncampus,” a free, online network for real-time buying, selling and socializing. Its format features a number of drop-down lists similar to those found on AOL Instant Messenger buddy lists. It will feature various items for sale, mostly by college students, ranging from appliances and rides around campus to used vehicles. (The Daily Campus, March 3)
Warren Goldstein, chair of the university’s department of history and author of “William Sloane Coffin Jr: A Holy Impatience,” wrote a review of Richard Parker’s biography, “John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics.” (Chicago Tribune, Feb. 20)
The recruiting success of Hartford Hawks men’s basketball coach Larry Harrison was the lead in an article about recruiting players from the nontraditional Community Christian high school in Georgia. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 6)
Hartford Hawks women’s basketball player Danielle Hood was profiled in her hometown newspaper. “One of her biggest strengths is her work ethic and her desire to be perfect,” said Hawks’ head coach Jen Rizzotti. “She really wants to be a great player.” (Journal-News, Westchester, N.Y., March 3)
Other News
The University of Connecticut was praised by The Education Trust for having a small graduation gap for minority students. UConn’s graduation rate for black students is 68 percent and 72.4 percent for Latino students -- higher than its graduation rate for white students. (Providence Journal, March 5)
Wesleyan University announced that it surpassed its goal for its five year capital campaign by $31 million. The university raised a total of $281 million with 68 percent of alumni participating in the campaign, along with 3,472 parents, 219 corporations and foundations and more than half of the senior faculty. (Middletown Press, March 7)
Tom Cornish, a Wesleyan University senior, remained in stable condition at an undisclosed hospital while school officials awaited information on whether the student has contracted meningitis. (Hartford Courant, March 7)
Yale University increased its financial aid for lower-income families. Beginning next year, families making less than $45,000 will no longer have to pay tuition for their children, and those earning between $45,000 and $60,000 will see their required contributions drop an average of 50 percent. (New York Times, March 4; Associated Press, March 3)
A group of 15 Yale graduate students said if the university does not recognize them as a union, they will vote on a strike that could hamper final exams and the issuance of student grades. Yale has no plans to meet with the graduate students. (Hartford Courant, March 3)
The companies that make apparel for the University of Connecticut and other state schools would have to meet some of the toughest anti-sweatshop standards in the nation under a bill that will be aired next week in the General Assembly. (Hartford Courant, March 4)
More than 4,500 University of Connecticut students have signed an online petition opposing a controversial meal plan for next fall, and students are posting to websites and attending forums to discuss the meal options. (Hartford Courant, March 3)
Richard Judd, former president of Central Connecticut State University, told a state ethics commission that he thought one of his counsel had reviewed a renewal contract with the school’s food vendor prior to his signing of the agreement. Judd spoke at a Connecticut Department of Higher Education hearing on the status of Frank Resnick, former chief financial officer at CCSU. (The Herald, New Britain, March 1)
The Micro Business Incubator program, in which Barney School of Business students work with small business owners in Upper Albany, is featured in a story in Small Biz, a national, quarterly publication of BusinessWeek magazine. The article, headlined “Campus Can-Do,” leads with a description of how the program is helping Vivian Akuoko, owner of Evay Salon and Day Spa on Albany Avenue, and includes a photo of Akuoko with student Sylvia Moryl. (Small Biz, Spring 2005 issue)
Reaction to the potential penalties facing college athletic programs that don’t meet the NCAA’s new academic standards, which will take effect next year, continued to pour in as University of Hartford President Walter Harrison, chairman of the NCAA Committee on Academic Performance, did numerous media interviews responding to those reactions. “We in college athletics have a black eye,” Harrison told Hartford Courant columnist Jeff Jacobs. “Thirty percent of football teams, 25 percent of baseball and 19 [percent] of men’s basketball would have received penalties this year. That’s a function of colleges not serving hundreds of students well academically. That’s what this reform movement is trying to correct.” (Christian Science Monitor, March 7; Philadelphia Inquirer, March 5; New England Cable News, March 4; Hartford Courant, March 5)
Peter Harvey, who was associate professor of music at Hartford College for Women and founder and director of the Connecticut Women’s Chorale, died on March 6. He was a tenor, conductor, composer, educator and performer who enthralled audiences with his holiday shows, as well as his Irish and Italian music, playful opera spoofs and the songs of World War II. (Hartford Courant, March 7)
University of Hartford Regent Millard Pryor was described by the Hartford Courant as “an unassuming, self-made businessman who became one of the most dynamic and influential philanthropists the city of Hartford has ever known,” in its coverage of his passing on March 1. Pryor, who was 71, died at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center of complications from hip surgery that he had last fall. (Hartford Courant, March 2)
Julie Melanson, 19, a sophomore majoring in special needs and elementary education, and Sierra Kessler, 20, who will graduate from the Farmington Valley Transitional Academy, met through Best Buddies Connecticut, a statewide program that matches volunteers with people who have intellectual disabilities. At the University of Hartford Sunday, the women were recognized at a celebration of the program when they were awarded the prize for best college-age buddies. (Hartford Courant, March 7)
A review of the recent concert by the Miami String Quartet, the quartet-in-residence at The Hartt School, noted that there are strong reasons to embrace this group, which is relatively new to the Hartford scene. “Falling In Love” Hartt’s New Quartet In Residence Proving Irresistible,” said the review’s headline. (Hartford Courant, March 5)
Donald Ellis, professor of communication in the College of Arts and Sciences and currently a Fulbright Scholar at Tel Aviv University in Israel, wrote an opinion article that argued that resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not the only key to peace in the Middle East. (Hartford Courant, March 1)
The outlook for construction and development in the southwestern corner of Connecticut was the subject of a panel discussion presented by the Construction Institute at the University of Hartford. Panelists’ remarks on the future of Bridgeport were reported in the Connecticut Post. (Connecticut Post, March 5)
A concert on March 12 to raise money for the Hartt Community Division’s Fund for Access has received some advance media attention, including a feature story in the Waterbury Republican-American and interviews by Michael Yaffe, Hartt School executive director, on Beethoven Radio and WDRC-AM. He was also on Janet Peckinpaugh’s morning news show on NBC 30. Yaffe is scheduled to be on WTIC-AM’s morning show with Ray Dunaway and Diane Smith on March 10. (WDRC-AM, March 3; Waterbury Republican-American, March 6; NBC 30, March 7)
The University of Hartford ranked seventh among all colleges and universities in Connecticut in terms of charitable contributions received in 2004, according to the Council for Aid to Education, a unit of the RAND Corporation. (Associated Press, March 2)
Students at the University of Hartford and the University of Connecticut are testing “Doitoncampus,” a free, online network for real-time buying, selling and socializing. Its format features a number of drop-down lists similar to those found on AOL Instant Messenger buddy lists. It will feature various items for sale, mostly by college students, ranging from appliances and rides around campus to used vehicles. (The Daily Campus, March 3)
Warren Goldstein, chair of the university’s department of history and author of “William Sloane Coffin Jr: A Holy Impatience,” wrote a review of Richard Parker’s biography, “John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics.” (Chicago Tribune, Feb. 20)
The recruiting success of Hartford Hawks men’s basketball coach Larry Harrison was the lead in an article about recruiting players from the nontraditional Community Christian high school in Georgia. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 6)
Hartford Hawks women’s basketball player Danielle Hood was profiled in her hometown newspaper. “One of her biggest strengths is her work ethic and her desire to be perfect,” said Hawks’ head coach Jen Rizzotti. “She really wants to be a great player.” (Journal-News, Westchester, N.Y., March 3)
Other News
The University of Connecticut was praised by The Education Trust for having a small graduation gap for minority students. UConn’s graduation rate for black students is 68 percent and 72.4 percent for Latino students -- higher than its graduation rate for white students. (Providence Journal, March 5)
Wesleyan University announced that it surpassed its goal for its five year capital campaign by $31 million. The university raised a total of $281 million with 68 percent of alumni participating in the campaign, along with 3,472 parents, 219 corporations and foundations and more than half of the senior faculty. (Middletown Press, March 7)
Tom Cornish, a Wesleyan University senior, remained in stable condition at an undisclosed hospital while school officials awaited information on whether the student has contracted meningitis. (Hartford Courant, March 7)
Yale University increased its financial aid for lower-income families. Beginning next year, families making less than $45,000 will no longer have to pay tuition for their children, and those earning between $45,000 and $60,000 will see their required contributions drop an average of 50 percent. (New York Times, March 4; Associated Press, March 3)
A group of 15 Yale graduate students said if the university does not recognize them as a union, they will vote on a strike that could hamper final exams and the issuance of student grades. Yale has no plans to meet with the graduate students. (Hartford Courant, March 3)
The companies that make apparel for the University of Connecticut and other state schools would have to meet some of the toughest anti-sweatshop standards in the nation under a bill that will be aired next week in the General Assembly. (Hartford Courant, March 4)
More than 4,500 University of Connecticut students have signed an online petition opposing a controversial meal plan for next fall, and students are posting to websites and attending forums to discuss the meal options. (Hartford Courant, March 3)
Richard Judd, former president of Central Connecticut State University, told a state ethics commission that he thought one of his counsel had reviewed a renewal contract with the school’s food vendor prior to his signing of the agreement. Judd spoke at a Connecticut Department of Higher Education hearing on the status of Frank Resnick, former chief financial officer at CCSU. (The Herald, New Britain, March 1)
